The first space missions humans sent to Mars were flybys. Spacecraft had once chance to observe the planet before hurtling away, never to return. Then came the orbiters, designed to be captured by Mars’s gravity and stick around. Eventually, the orbiters started bringing landers with them, dropping them on the rust-colored

"In just a few flights, Dragonfly will be able to go farther than the Opportunity rover on Mars has in the last 12 years,"